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Seventeen burned, forests
of Indonesia Living Stories
Seventeen burned, forests
of Indonesia Living stories (photos: between) 17
yearsIndonesia Forests burned, Lived the story Indonesia-Forests PEKANBARU,
especially in the Riau area, destroyed by arson case endangered wild.
The Environment (Walhi) Riau noted at
least 160,000 hectares of forest destroyedannually in
Riau Province. The cause of the fire, but there was also the result of the
function of land encroachment.
"Each year hundreds
of thousands of hectares of forests destroyed by Riau over
the function of the land. The current condition of the forests of
Riau in the crisis, "said the Executive Director of Walhi Riau Rico told Okezone,
Thursday (23/10/2014).
Walhi CITES,
forest and land burning in Riau is the area of the
concession company.Ironically, land and forest fires in
Riau have occurred since since 1997. That is, it's been17
years of disastrous smoke constantly recurring each
year. In fact, in a year could happen twice a
season of smoke.
"In 2013, we
reported hundreds of companies in Riau, the alleged burning of
the land.Because we find their concession area on
fire. Because it is effective way to open landis by
burning. In addition to fast, certainly also cheap. Each
year the company-that's allburning land. Of the hundreds of companies
that we reported, only eight areprocessed. It was just
the one that is currently clear legal process, i.e.
the origin of theMalaysia palm oil company, PT Adei Plantation, "he
explained.
As a result of forest
fires and encroachment that continue to occur in Riau, he
estimates the current protected areas in Riau is currently
only 1 million hectares.Slowly if this is not handled properly
by the Riau forest will all be destroyed. (Okezone)
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